Northerns cricket team
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Northerns cricket team has played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 since December 1937.

For the purposes of the SuperSport Series
SuperSport Series
The SuperSport Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in 1889-90. From 1990-91 it became known as the Castle Cup, and from 1996-97 by its current title...

, Northerns has merged with Easterns
Easterns cricket team
Easterns cricket team has played first-class cricket in South Africa since October 1991.For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, Easterns has merged with Northerns to form the Titans.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 2002–03; shared - * Standard Bank Cup - * South African...

 (formerly Eastern Transvaal) to form the Titans
Titans cricket team
The Nashua Titans is the name used by the combined Easterns and Northerns first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues of the Titans are at SuperSport Park, Centurion and Willowmoore Park, Benoni...

.

Honours

  • Currie Cup (0) - ; shared (0) -
  • Standard Bank Cup (0) -
  • South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (1) - 2005–06
  • South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (1) - 2005–06

Club history

Northerns was called North Eastern Transvaal from December 1937 until April 1971, when it became Northern Transvaal until April 1997. It removed "Transvaal" from its name after the Transvaal
Transvaal Province
Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...

 became Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...

. The team has been part of the Titans from October 2004.

Venues

Venues have included:
  • Berea Park, Pretoria
    Pretoria
    Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...

     (Dec 1937 - Jan 1986; previously used by Transvaal)
  • Olympia Park, Springs
    Springs, Gauteng
    Springs is a city on the East Rand in the Gauteng province of South Africa.It lies 50 km east of Johannesburg. The name of the city derives from the large number of springs in the area; it has a population of more than 200,000, and is situated at 5,340 ft a.s.l...

     (occasional venue Dec 1937 - Nov 1994; used once by Easterns in 1994)
  • Hosking Park, Brakpan (temporary venue March 1946 - Nov 1946)
  • Willowmoore Park
    Willowmoore Park
    Willowmoore Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Benoni, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1924...

    , Benoni
    Benoni, Gauteng
    Benoni is a city with 654,509 inhabitants on the East Rand in the South African province of Gauteng. Since 2000, it has been part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.- History :...

     (Jan 1948 - Nov 1968; previously used by Transvaal; Easterns venue from 1996 to present)
  • Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria (Dec 1951 - Dec 1952)
  • Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (occasional venue Dec 1956 - Oct 1959)
  • Pietersburg Cricket Club A Ground (four matches 1983 - 1985)
  • Centurion Park
    Centurion Park
    SuperSport Park, is a cricket ground in Centurion, Gauteng Province, South Africa.It was renamed from Centurion Park after a television company Supersport bought shares in the stadium...

    , Centurion (main venue Dec 1986–present)
  • Technikon Oval, Pretoria (two matches 1992 - 2003)
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